Bow sight



S p 13, 1955 c. M. HARRINGTON BOW SIGHT Filed Oct. 6, 1964 INVENTOR(liarkr/lf/arrzkyzbzz United States Patent 3,271,863 BOW SIGHT CharlesM. Harrington, 1107 W. Pine St., Hattiesburg, Miss. Filed Oct. 6, 1964,Ser. No. 401,792 2 Claims. (CI. 33-46) This invention relates toarchery, which is the art of shooting an arrow with a bow, and moreparticularly, the invention relates to a sight for the bow, which isknown as a bow sight by those experienced in the art.

Numerous bow sights have been devised from time to time, however, todate, they all fall into one of two categories, namely, those that areextremely simple, and those that are extremely complicated. In otherwords, there are no bow sights available for the man who is neither abeginner nor a professional archer.

It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention to provide abow sight that is suitable for use by the average archer, a bow sightthat has the accuracy of any professional model and the simplicityusually desired by the less experienced archer.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that can besecured to any bow regardless of its size.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that has aminimum number of parts and is, therefore, an instrument that can bemanufactured and retailed .at a price any archer can afford.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that is bothcompact and light in weight, one that will not interfere with thehandling of the bow and its arrows.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that isfully adjustable, as will be hereinafter described in detail.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will more fullyappear from the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to similarparts throughout the several views and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a top view of this invention.

FIGURE 2 is a front View of this invention.

FIGURE 3 is a side view of this invention.

FIGURE 4 is a pictorial view of this invention.

FIGURE 5 is a pictorial view of this invention attached to a bow.

The preferred form of my invention, as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, embodies a square plate that is attached to the handle of thebow by either a pair of knurled head screws 11, or by some form of glue,or the like. An arm 12, having one end 13 terminating in a disk-likemember 14 and the other end terminating in a U-shaped holding member 15,is secured to the center of the aforesaid square plate 10 by means of acentrally located knurled head screw 16. A positioning shaft 17 having aknurled head 18 on one end thereof, and a block 19 on the other endthereof, passes through the aforesaid U-shaped holding member 15, towhich it is secured by the knurled head screw 20. The block 19adjustably supports the rectangular bar 21 by means of a knurled headedscrew 22 passing upward through the aforesaid block 19 and on throughthe elongated opening 23 in the rectangular bar 21, thereby providingadditional adjustment for this novel invention of a bow sight. A hollowdisk 24 is located on one upper end of the aforesaid rectangular bar 21while a similar hollow disk 25 is likewise located on the opposite upperend of the same rectangular bar, thereby providing a pair of "ice spacedsights for this invention, the construction of which has now beendescribed in detail.

The way in which this invention works is quite simple. The device issecured to the handle 26 of the bow 27 in the manner previouslydescribed, which is illustrated in FIGURES 1, 2, 3 and 5 of theaccompanying drawing. The mark 28 (which has an arrow thereon) in theaforesaid square plate 10 is, of course, stationary. The bow will havealready been zeroed in for different intervals, and the intervals 29indicated on the peripheral face of the disk-like member 14 of the arm12. This does away with the unnecessary zeroing in at different yards.The sights 24 and 25 are provided with hair-lines 30 and 31respectively. The first mentioned hair-line being horizontal and thesecond hair-line being vertical.

One is now ready to use this novel bow sight. This is done by sightingthrough the bow sight as the arrow (not shown in any of the views of theaccompanying drawing) is placed against the side of the bow and shot inthe usual manner. The bow sight is kept in its desired setting by meansof the knurled head screws that-have already been described in detail.To repeat their individual use here would only be stating what isalready obvious to those experienced in the art.

It is also to be understood that this invention can be mounted on thefront of the bow as well as on its back as is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, and naturally Work just as well.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts Withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. A bow sight of the character described, comprising a square plate tothe center of which is secured one end of an arm that has its other endformed at right angles thereto, and terminating in a U-shaped holdingmember that adjustably supports a structure embodying a pair of spacedsights one of which is equipped with a horizontally disposed hair-line,and the other of which is equipped with a vertically disposed hair-lineand said arm being secured to said square plate by means of a knurledhead screw, and said bow sight being secured to the handle of a bow bymeans of screws passing through said square plate and said square platehaving a horizontal line having an arrow thereon that is in alignmentwith the marking on the peripheral face of said disk-like member of saidarm.

2. A bow sight of the character described, comprising a square plate tothe center of which is secured one end of an arm that has its other endformed at right angles thereto, and terminating in a U-shaped holdingmember that adjustably supports a structure consisting of a rectangularbar having an elongated opening therein and a pair of spaced sights, oneof which is equipped with a horizontally disposed hair-line and theother of which is equipped with a vertically disposed hair-line, saidsights being mounted in parallel spaced relation to one another, onesight being mounted upwardly and vertically on each end of saidrectangular bar, said bar being supported by a block having a knurledhead screw extending upwardly through the elongated opening in saidrectangular bar, and a positioning shaft having one end projecting intosaid block, said positioning arm having a knurled head on the other endthereof, and said arm being secured to said square plate by means of aknurled head screw, and said bow sight being secured to the handlesenses 3 v 41 of a bow by means of screws passing through said square2,669,023 2/1954 Pizzuti 3346 plate, and said square plate having ahorizontal line hav- 2,959,860 11/1960 Kowalcyk 33-464 ing an arrowthereon that is in alignment with the mark- 3,013,336 12/ 1961Pennington 3346.4 ing on the peripheral face of said disk-like member of3,058,221 10/1962 McNeel 33-464 said arm. 5 3,063,151 11/1962 Hanson 3346.4

References Cited by the Examiner LEONARD FORMAN, Primary Examiner.

UNITED STATES PATENTS ISAAC LISANN, Examiner.

2,335,881 12/1943 Persinget 3350 X B. DONAHUE, Assistant Examiner.

1. A BOW SIGHT OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A SQUARE PLATE TOTHE CENTER OF WHICH IS SECURED ONE END OF AN AMR THAT HAS ITS OTHER ENDFORMED ONE END THERETO, AND TERMINATING IN A U-SHAPED HOLDING MEMBERTHAT ADJUSTABLY SUPPORTS A STRUCTURE EMBODYING A PAIR OF SPACED SIGHTSONE OF WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED HAIR-LINE, AND THEOTHER OF WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A VERTICALLY DISPOSED HAIR-LINE AND SAIDARM BEING SECURED TO SAID SQUARE PLATE BY MEANS OF A KNURLED HEAD SCREW,AND SAID BOW SIGHT BEING SECURED TO THE HANDLE OF A BOW BY MEANS OFSCREWS PASSING THROUGH SAID SQUARE PLATE AND SAID SQUARE PLATE HAVING AHORI-